 That dogs bark at me as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity; And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these...  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's sämmtliche Schriften - Page 493by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1854Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1799 - 382 pages
...before my time Into this breathing world, fcarce half made up, And that fo lamely and unfafhionable, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them ;— Why I,...this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pafs away the time ; Unlefs to fpy my fhadow in the fun, And defcant on mine own deformity : And therefore,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1800 - 370 pages
...III. Aft I, 1 Into this breathing world, fcarce half made up, And that fo lamely and unfafhionable, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them ; — Why...this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pafs away the time ; Unlefs to fpy my fhadow in the fun, And defcant on mine own deformity : And therefore,... | |
 | Biography - 1806 - 672 pages
...not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass; I that am rudely stamp'd, and want love's majesty, To strut before a wanton,...time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time. Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity." Z3 Nay, Nay, now dispatch ; 'twas... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 426 pages
...before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them ; — Why...time of peace, Have no delight to pass, away the time ; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity ; And therefore, — since... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 568 pages
...before my time Into this breathing wprld, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them;— Why I,...time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity: And therefore,—since I cannot... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 408 pages
...before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them ; Why I, in...time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity ; And therefore, — since I... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 434 pages
...before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up. And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them; Why I, in...time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity ; And therefore, — since I... | |
 | John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 pages
...one. The lines in the Old King John do not appear to me prove the contrary. P. 6.— 455.— 462. , Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time ; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And desca/it on mine own deformity. I agree with Mr. Malone.... | |
 | 1806 - 666 pages
...Deform'd, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that go lamely and unfashionably, That dogs bark at me as...time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity." Nay, now dispatch ; 'twas I that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 510 pages
...before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them ; — Why...time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time ; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity : And therefore, — since... | |
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